Yep deffo full face and pads.
The freeride area is situated to the north east of the car park - if you look at this link
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&sourc ... 8&t=h&z=17see copt hill road north of the car park - see it says copt hill 3 times along that road - where the middle one is, the forest meets the road, and that is basically the top of the freeride area and all the trails flow down from there.
If you make your way up to that point through the woods from the car park you will find all of the stuff along the way.